hi everyone. ohh lord where to start. I have been a chunky guy my whole life and it's time for it to go away! my life came to a big stop this year I had a girlfriend that I was madly in love with and so was she. I lost my job in December and everything in my life went down hill from there. I blew up to 240lbs from 220. I was depressed i felt that the world was ending. then she left me for someone else. I don't blame her at all. Stuff happens. Well since March I have been loosing the weight, I am as of today 210lbs. YAY me I have set a goal of 175 by September. I get on a treadmill everyday for one hour keeping my heart rate between 150-160 eating right now is not easy i am only taking in about 200-300 calories a day. I know that I should eat small meals every 3 hrs or so but I just can't do it. I get sick when I try to force food down. This sucks. But I am an optimistic person and I WANT TO HAVE A 6 PACK BY DECEMBER!!!!! I will be posting on here for some support and guidance because right now i need it more than ever! Thanx everyone Have a Great Day
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Welcome to the forum brian. I am very sorry to hear about your job and GF troubles. I think its great that you want to lose weight, but I have to tell you very straight-up that you are starving yourself and the only outcome of that in the future is MORE weight than you started with. Your body needs a minimum of 1500 or so calories just to lay in bed and function. You are forcing your body to feed off of not only fat, but also muscle, organs and bone. You are damaging your metabolism and slowing your entire system down. You certainly dont need to eat every 3 hours, and I see that your depression has stolen your appetite. Is there someone you can talk to you about some of the things that have happened to you recently? Anybody would be down over that, but its just not safe to avoid eating. Once you stop eating for a while, your appetite seems to diminish even more. Maybe you could get some whey protein powder and milk and make several shakes a day of it, plus take some vitamins, while you're trying to figure out how to lose weight healthily. Hope you dont get mad about my advice, but it worries me to hear about anyone going on 300 calories a day while working out over an hour a day at a vigorous pace.
thank you for your reply blancita yes i do have a small group of friends that i can talk to. im am trying my hardest to get out of this funk...... but i want to reinvent myself in the process... and loosing the weight has a lot to do with it. I am not proud that i only take in a couple hundred calories a day. I know i should be shooting for around 2,000 cal. per day. I think I will look into protein shakes as a temporary solution. I am not mad at you for your advice i appreciate it! thank you
dilynnlew
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Brian,
PLease listen to Blancita's advice...it is spot on.
Also consider seeing a doctor for a complete check-up. It is possible that you are clinically depressed...and may need profession help and medication to help you overcome this. Major losses in life often lead to depression. Personally, when my mother passed away, I went into a terrible depression...could not eat or sleep. It took a caring doctor and an anti-depressant to get my life back.
Keep posting...I am worried about you...and try those protein shakes, PLEASE!
PLease listen to Blancita's advice...it is spot on.
Also consider seeing a doctor for a complete check-up. It is possible that you are clinically depressed...and may need profession help and medication to help you overcome this. Major losses in life often lead to depression. Personally, when my mother passed away, I went into a terrible depression...could not eat or sleep. It took a caring doctor and an anti-depressant to get my life back.
Keep posting...I am worried about you...and try those protein shakes, PLEASE!
Well there is hope I Got a job today!!!!! woooohhooooooo and me and my friend are taking a big step in life... I started a Contracting company with him!!!!
on another note today I ate a "tuna salad" tuna, romane, and 2 tbsp of dressing. I will try and eat 6oz of chicken i have been reading alot o about weight loss in the past few days and I am starting to understand a little more about what my diet should be. Now i need some help with the exercise. I am an endomorph and in everything i read it says I must do cardio 5-6 days a week 30-40mins. I am currently doing 1hr 6 days a week on a treadmill (im determined) what else should i be doing? as far as the diet should i bee eating small meals 6 times a day? i need a lil help with locking down a plan so i can get this BELLY OFF!!!!!
on another note today I ate a "tuna salad" tuna, romane, and 2 tbsp of dressing. I will try and eat 6oz of chicken i have been reading alot o about weight loss in the past few days and I am starting to understand a little more about what my diet should be. Now i need some help with the exercise. I am an endomorph and in everything i read it says I must do cardio 5-6 days a week 30-40mins. I am currently doing 1hr 6 days a week on a treadmill (im determined) what else should i be doing? as far as the diet should i bee eating small meals 6 times a day? i need a lil help with locking down a plan so i can get this BELLY OFF!!!!!